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Re: Form Errors w/ ARIA Alert Help

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From: Vincent Young
Date: Oct 18, 2011 8:00AM

This is just a simple example. That will be covered thanks. What I'm
looking for is a good way for all the errors to be read first on page load
when the first form field should be focused.
On Oct 18, 2011 4:40 AM, "Jeevan Reddy" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi vincent,
> I think, you are just hiding some error definitions and showing the
> hidden information once the user submit the form..This is not feasible
> solution!
> you can use Tooltip to describe the error fields, or associate the error
> descriptions with the corresponding fields using ARIA-described by
> property.
> this will meet your business requirement..
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Vincent Young < <EMAIL REMOVED>
> >wrote:
>
> > I'm hoping I can get some help here. I'm trying to trigger an ARIA alert
> > on
> > form errors w/ the business requirement that the first errored input
> needs
> > to get focus. Problem is, errors come back after form submission (i.e.
> no
> > JS error handling). The only way I was able to get this to work cross
> > browser is the ugly implementation below:
> >
> > http://www.webhipster.com/testing/accessibility/alert/
> >
> > Does anyone know of a better way to do this? I really hate showing then
> > hiding the errors then sticking a random element inside all after a
> > settimeout.
> >
> > Thanks all!
> >
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